Lawler

• (surname): Lawlor

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leathlobhair (“descendant of Leathlobhar”), a personal name composed of the elements leath (“half”) + lobar (“leprous; sick”), a nickname for a man of unhealthy constitution.

Lawler (countable and uncountable, plural Lawlers)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A placename
   1. An unincorporated community in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.
   2. A city in Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.
   4. A locality in the Shire of Yarriambiack, north western Victoria, Australia.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lawler is the 2516^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14387 individuals. Lawler is most common among White (89.96%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lawler”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406.

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